Bason Bridge railway station
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Bason Bridge railway station was a station on the Highbridge branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
. Opened by the Somerset Central Railway in 1856, the station consisted of a wooden platform and buildings. A level crossing, goods yard and dairy sidings were operated from two lever frame
s, one at each end of the station.
The station closed with the SDJR on 7 March 1966, although access to the dairy was maintained via a spur from Highbridge
until 3 October 1972.
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway – almost always referred to as "the S&D" – was an English railway line connecting Bath in north east Somerset and Bournemouth now in south east Dorset but then in Hampshire...
. Opened by the Somerset Central Railway in 1856, the station consisted of a wooden platform and buildings. A level crossing, goods yard and dairy sidings were operated from two lever frame
Lever frame
Mechanical railway signalling installations rely on lever frames for their operation to interlock the signals and points to allow the safe operation of trains in the area the signals control...
s, one at each end of the station.
The station closed with the SDJR on 7 March 1966, although access to the dairy was maintained via a spur from Highbridge
Highbridge and Burnham railway station
Highbridge and Burnham railway station is situated on the Bristol to Taunton Line in the town of Highbridge in Somerset, England and also serves neighbouring Burnham-on-Sea...
until 3 October 1972.
External links
- http://www.sdjr.net/locations/bason_bridge.html
- Station on navigable O.S. map